KDE at Augsburger Linux-Infotag (DE)

[Paul Brown]

On Tuesday, 13 February 2024 20:21:45 CET Ulf Bartholomäus wrote:
> Hello Paul,
> 
> Am Dienstag, 13. Februar 2024, 19:11:54 CET schrieb Paul Brown:
> > If I understand you right then, the student will be engineering students?
> > Maybe Software engineering students?
> 
> If you look at the event description
> https://www.luga.de/static/LIT-2024/
>    Location: Technische Hochschule Augsburg, Fakultät für Informatik
> Means IT students 😉

Great.

> 
> > So would one of your goals be to encourage them to adopt KDE for projects
> > and for their future jobs? What about encouraging them to contribute to
> > KDE? You could also mention SoK and GSoC:
> > 
> > https://mentorship.kde.org/
> > 
> > (That website isn't finished, by the way, but it does contain all the
> > information they may need).
> 
> OK, if there are interested visitors, sure.

Of course! Thanks.

> > It will help to get specific about what you can recommend. I talk about
> > this later in this message.
> 
> I think, we know the benefits. So Michael and me work since several years
> with Linux and KDE 😉 - have a short look at the shared Links at our
> contacts.

Yes, I was not doubting your FLOSS credentials at all!

> > [...]
> > If you want people to walk away with information and not forget about you
> > the moment they leave the building, you need these. Also, we already have
> > a
> > stack made, so we can sned them to you.
> 
> OK, fine. No Problem. We will present them for sure, if you share them with
> us.

We will send them with the rest of the material.

> > That said, you may have your own ideas as to what to put on the cards. If
> > you are trying to attract potential developers (for example, from among CS
> > Students), maybe we should make a slide that links to the "for developers"
> > page:
> > 
> > https://kde.org/for/developers/
> > 
> > It is is for students in general, we have a page for them too:
> > 
> > https://kde.org/for/students/
> > 
> > We can include these intot he slide show for you. We could also  print and
> > laminate them for you if you want.
> 
> I think, this will be a very good idea 😎

Ok. Will include them and get them printed too.

> 
> > > > - A drawing tablet for Krita demos
> > 
> > [...]
> > When it is ready, create a new document in Krita and leave it facing the
> > publi. People will stop and draw stuff as they walk by. You don't have to
> > do anything else. The attendees will figure it out.
> 
> OK, if you provide it to us, we will connect it and show it.
> It will be good, to have it some days/week earlier, to be able to test them
> a little bit.

Okay. I am pretty sure it is curetnly in Berlin, so that should not be a 
problem.

> > > > ## Stickers
> > > 
> > > In the last years, there was about 400-500 visitors. I would expect
> > > about
> > > 50
> > 
> > Sorry... Do you mean 500?
> 
> Nope, I think there won't be each one need a sticker.
> According my experience (about 10 years doing Linux events).
> 
> > We have three designs - see attachments. Would you like 200, 200 and 200?
> 
> I would expect, 50 of each will be quite a lot.
> But, if we don't need them all, we send it back with the other material.
> So provide us so much, like you think it make sense.

Hm... 50, even 150, is a very small print run. Small print runs make the per 
unit price very high.  Aniqa tells me we have over 50 of the KDE logo ones. 
Would that be enough?

If not we can do a larger print run and just save the rest for other events, 
but if we can avoid it...

> > When we have collected all the items, we will send them to you.
> 
> OK, fine. But let please give us a short info about the delivery before you
> send it out. Especially the rough size will be helpful, that we can give you
> the best address (either to Michael or me)

Yes. We will do that.

> > Ah! That's okay. They are great conversation starters. We are still
> > building our "events kit". Hopefully we will be able to get some of these
> > devices included at some point.
> 
> OK, let me think about. Another option is to show another Smartphone running
> Linux+KDE.

Or that. That would work to.

> > > > - Other electronics with KDE software embedded (Raspberry Pis, Risc V
> > > > SBCs,
> > > > etc.)
> > > 
> > > I have a Raspberry Pi 400, with openSUSE Tumbleweed KDE (which should be
> > > beginning next Month run with Plasma6 as well.
> > 
> > Nice! Can you take it too?
> 
> Yes, sure. That is the only reason to have it. That I'm able to show it on
> Linux events 😎

Perfect. Thanks Ulf!

Cheers

Paul
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